Keluaran 4:27
Konteks4:27 The Lord said 1 to Aaron, “Go to the wilderness to meet Moses. So he went and met him at the mountain of God 2 and greeted him with a kiss. 3
Keluaran 18:7
Konteks18:7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him; 4 they each asked about the other’s welfare, and then they went into the tent.
[4:27] 1 tn Heb “And Yahweh said.”
[4:27] 2 tn S. R. Driver considers that this verse is a continuation of vv. 17 and 18 and that Aaron met Moses before Moses started back to Egypt (Exodus, 33). The first verb, then, might have the nuance of a past perfect: Yahweh had said.
[4:27] 3 tn Heb “and kissed him.”
[18:7] 4 sn This is more than polite oriental custom. Jethro was Moses’ benefactor, father-in-law, and a priest. He paid much respect to him. Now he could invite Jethro into his home (see B. Jacob, Exodus, 496).